#A1220 mem?
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I need to add 2 megs of ram to my stock 1200. The manual is useless and the
dealer disappered. Is there a standard PC type simm I can use with the
motherboard? Thanks.
You have two options to expand the A1200 beyond the stock 2MB chip RAM: 1-Add a
PCMCIA memory card up to 8MB into the slot. The only problem with this is it
will only be 16-bit (slow) memory. 2-Add an expansion card into the underside
of the unit that accepts memory. There are all sorts on the market, ranging
from just a basic memory & math processor card to an all out 68030-50Mhz
accelerator with SCSI and network options. All cards in this slot will have
32-bit (faster) access to the memory. If the card is _not_ an accelerator, you
will still be limited to an additional 8MB of RAM. This is because the 68LC020
(?) in the computer can not access more than 8MB. (Yes, I know you'll also
have 2MB of chip RAM for a total of 10MB, but that's a trick performed by the
custom chipset!) Accelerator cards on the other hand are not using the LC020,
so you can go beyond the 8MB limit. I think some cards go as high as 64 to
128MB!
Regards, Keith.